Surviving BSF and staying sane

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Surviving BSF and staying sane?!
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Whats BSF???!!!

• Transformational opportunity for learning and
  teaching nothing need stay the same (how you
  teach how they learn time of start/finish
  length of lesson lunchtimes coaching groups
  registration systems teaching spaces
• Brand new buildings and resources
• ICT and equipment which works and supports you in
  teaching and learning
• To be relished not dreaded

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Fenced off and out of bounds. Basketball court,
kitchen, dining hall, sports hall.
April 2007.
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Fenced off and out of bounds. Basketball court,
kitchen, dining hall, sports hall.
Remember this????
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Fenced off and out of bounds. Basketball court,
kitchen, dining hall, sports hall.
Remember this????
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Fenced off and out of bounds. Basketball court,
kitchen, dining hall, sports hall.
Remember this????
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Ground Floor Plans
History, Geography, RE Technology and Music
learning areas
Sports Hall
Business Studies ICT learning areas
Hall, Multi Faith and Dining areas
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First Floor Plans
Activity Studio Fitness Suite Viewing Gallery
PSE,MFL, Maths, Science, Art learning areas
Post16 Social area
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Second Floor Plans
English learning area MFL learning area Senior
leaders office
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Whats changed for us?

• Time of start/finish we knew we wanted to start
  and finish earlier to allow us to offer better
  extra-curricular events after school
• Consultation with students, staff, parents/carers
  and the community
• We adapted their views and started in September
  with 830am start, 250pm finish
• Split lunches allowed longer coaching time three
  days per week

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Whats changed for us?

• Length of lesson building is designed in PODS
  (subject based) which means that we can have
  longer blocks of learning. Each pod has its own
  staircase and entrance self-contained.
• Longer blocks will start in September 2009 for
  KS4 (three hours, two hours) to aid deeper
  learning and engagement.
• Consultation with students, staff,
  parents/carers

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Whats changed for us?

• Lunchtimes we knew the building would seat 300
  in dining hall at one time (largest in Leeds)
• Consultation with students, staff, parents/carers
  about CASHLESS CATERING
• Split lunches of 30 mins each half of school
  are on lunch, the other half in coaching groups,
  on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
• Monday Friday 45 mins lunch for all school
  together, followed by 15 mins

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• Much faster for serving
• Used to sell 2000 meals per month is now 18,600
  per month
• Reval machines switched on at 700am to allow
  top-up

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Lunchtime in the pods a great social space with
students able to stay inside in the previous
building, all students were sent outside every
break and lunchtime
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Whats changed for us?

• Coaching groups we wanted to do more effective
  assertive mentoring with our students, to discuss
  their 0/1/2 progress and to touch base
• Consultation with students, staff, parents/carers
  about COACHING GROUP candidates 18 per group
• Coaching programme created which sets out the
  themes for the week, and provides colleagues with
  their packs of work for students
• Not all coaches are teachers

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Activities in coaching groups
Assembly theme
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Whats changed for us?

• Registration systems we wanted to streamline the
  information systems and to be able to react much
  more quickly to truancy
• Consultation with students, staff, parents/carers
  about e-registration and TruancyCall
• Every single teacher and coach uses
  e-registration (from SIMS.net)
• We have also linked it to our 0/1/2 achievement
  monitoring system. Admin Curriculum altogether
  at last.

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Every member of teaching staff and every coach
has a light laptop to do e-registration. Docking
stations are used to link the laptop to the IWB
and speakers in every teaching space (except
breakouts)
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Whats changed for us?

• Teaching spaces we wanted to create more
  flexible use of space
• BENDY WALLS in every layer of every pod mean that
  60 students can be taught at once
• Breakout spaces fitted with comfy cubes and
  tables used for learning and for social time
• Consultation with students, staff, parents/carers
  about furniture, fittings, equipment and layout

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Whats made it work for us?

• Regular consultation and feedback e.g. what do
  we/dont we want to see in our new building to
  students, staff, parents/carers, governors.
• Engagement by the contractors e.g. assemblies led
  by the builders, vision panels in the fences,
  prizes on sports day, Year 8 DT project building
  our own cranes.
• Frequent meetings on FFE e.g. how do you want
  your room laid out, where do you want the floor
  boxes, where should the water be?

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Highs of the BSF Life

• Seeing the finished product, on time and on
  budget
• Sharing students wow-factor moment on day 1
  (pop-up computers were the big hit)
• Learning to love the managed service
• Positive relationship with construction and
  design teams made the difference
• Being able to change lives for students

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ICT things Id change (or the value of
hindsight)

• Even more training in advance of the BIG MOVE
• Even more refresher training after the BIG MOVE
• A back-up plan for the first month, just in case
  it doesnt work effectively (or Ofsted call in
  week 5.)
• More CCTV cameras in different locations
• More laptop trolleys with a different charging
  cable
• More plasma screens around the building
• More headphones for PCs
• Higher power outputs around the building

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Ten top ICT tips for staying sane

• Consult with teaching and non-teaching staff
  about what they want ICT to do/be
• Check on the level of skills (audit and then
  audit again)
• Plan and then plan a contingency if Plan A
  doesnt work as effectively as you want
• Make sure you know the contract backwards
• Delegate someone in the school to be the main
  problem-solver for ICT

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Ten top ICT tips for staying sane

• 6. Take staff and student feedback early on so
  you can fix any problems quickly
• 7. Manage expectations as best you can be
  honest but positive, every single day to everyone
• 8. Drip-feed the developments, dont overwhelm
  staff with more fast change
• 9. Keep researching for newer, better, cheaper,
  faster products, right up to day 1
• 10. Celebrate the successes when they happen
  its a massive project and you should be proud of
  it.

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Help!!!!!

• Heather Scott h.e.scott_at_ntlworld.com
  07515-029235
• (From September 2009 Barlby High School,
  Selby)
• http//www.partnershipsforschools.org.uk/documents
  /Allerton_SE.pdf (case study about student
  engagement)
• http//www.rm.com/generic.asp?crefGP1319975SrcUR
  L/rmcomhome.asp (ICT provider for Leeds BSF)
• http//www.leeds.gov.uk/outsizeFiles/schools/sch_s
  ubtitled.html (takes ages to load! film about
  BSF in Leeds)
• http//www.educationleeds.co.uk/BSF/bsfinleeds.htm
  l (Education Leeds website section on BSF)

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Any questions?